Implement for detaching buttons.



' S. KLEIN. IMPLEMENT Fon` DETACHINGV BUTTONS. APPLICATION HLED OCT. 10. 1916.

1.261,1 34., Y Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

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A TTORNEY iis sTAnIsLAw. KLEIN, or coLLnen ronvT, new vonk.

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`Speecaton of Letters Patent.

IMPLEMENT' ronnnrnonrne BUTTONS.

llatented Apr. 2, 1918,

Application mea october 1o, 191e. serial no. 124,801.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, STANIsLAw KLEIN, a

citizen ofthe United States, andresident of College Point, inthe county of Queens f and State of New York, have invented certain newv and useful Improvements in Implements for Detaching Buttons, of whiclithe following `is a speciiieation.

My invention relates to an implement for detaching buttons which have been attached to articles, and is more especially adapted-to remove buttons from shoes.Y Buttons are usually attached toshoe's eitheriby means of thread or wire i. fasteners, `andthepresent implement' is adaptedto remove the buttons attached in either of these ways.

In a patent issued to me on March th,

1915, No. 1,133,805, Ihav'e `disclosed an implementfor removing shoe` buttonaandthe present invention is a development of that disclosed in said patent. i

I have found that the shanks of shoe buttons differ in size, and the device of the patent above referred `to vhasrathera limited range in respect to the lengthv of the shanks of buttons to be removedthereby. One of ,the objects of the present invention is to provide a button removing implement with means whereby. it may be readily and sim-- ply adapted for removing-.buttons the Shanks of which differ considerably in length.

In the implementy of' my above entitled patent the buttons were clippedoff and the operator lattempted to catch them by hand, and as a consequence buttons were frequently lest or dropped onthe Hoor, necessitating the labor of gathering them together. Another object ofthe `present invention is to provide means whereby the buttons as .they are removed from the shoe will be collected and may then be emptied into any given re` ceptacle, eliminating the loss of buttons and the necessity for picking them up from the iioor.

Two embodiments of the invention are `illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in

whichl y i Figure 1 is a topplan view of one form of the invention showing the adjustment slide orlever in inoperative position 2 isa similar view showing theslide orlever in operative position;`

Fig. 3 is an edge view corresponding to Figl; cf-

lTFig; 4e is an edge view coresponding to Fig.9 5 is a top plan view with `parts broken away, of a form of the invention in which a casing or housing is provided to re ceive the buttons detached by the implement;

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of the device shown in Fig. 5; i Fig. 7 is a substantially central, vertical sectional view of the device of Fig. 5; and Fig. 8 isan edge view of the device of Figs.. 1 to The structure of the implementl itself is substantially the sameV in all forms of the invention shown, and comprises essentially a pair of superposed-disks concentrically piv oted, each disk being provided with `an operating handle whereby relative motion may be given the disks, the latter being provided with suitable slots in which the button shank is received, and with suitable shearing means by which the thread or wire securing the button to the shoe is severed. f

Referring to the drawing, and more particularly to Figs. l to t thereof, 10 denotes what maybe termed the upper disk and 11 the handle thereof which is preferably, although not necessarily, formed integral with the disk 10. The upper disk 10V is provided with a radial slot 12 which is substantially rectangular in form and beveled or inclined at its rear end 1 3, the walls of the disk adjacent its front end being similarly beveled orinclined at 14. The beveled edges 14 `are provided in order that the implement.` may be easily slipped under the button head when a button is to be detached.

The lower disk is denoted by thenumeral 15 and its handle by the numeral 16. The lower disk is provided also with an `oriiice or opening 17, the walls defining which opening are beveled as indicatedat l`8'and 19. The wall 19 is undercut or reduced in thickness, in order that there may be attached thereto a shearing blade 20 which becomes effective to sever the button connection when the disks are rotated relatively to each other.

The disks `are rotatively or pivotally securedtogether concentrically by means of a stud 21, and the handles l1V and 1oy are normally pressed apart by ,a spring (not shown), the position of the parts when the `device is inoperative being such that the l showing a button in position to be removed from a partofa shoe.

opening 17 in the disk 15 spans the slot 12 in the disk 10. The relation of parts appears clearly from Figs. 3 and ll.

The means for adjusting the implement to detach what are called Milo buttons, the shanks of which are longer than that of the ordinary shoe button, preferably consists, in one form of the invention, of an angular lever or slide 22 pivotally supported by the stud 21 on the outer face of the upper disk 10. The longer arm of the slide 22 is bifurcated or slotted as at 23 and has it forward edges beveled as at 24. The shorter arm, 25, of the slide forms the operating end or finger hold for the lever 22. This slide is capable of being so moved that its bifurcation 28 may either be brought into or out of register with the slot 12 in the disk 10. This movement of the slide 22 is elfected by means of the handle 25, and the extent of `movement of the slide is limited by a spur 26 on the rear edge of the handle 25 entering either of the notches 27 or 28 formed in the upper face of the disk 10. In Fig. 1, where the slide 22 is out of operative position, the spur 26 is in the notch 28, and in Fig. 2 the spur 26 engages the notch 27, thus removably retaining the slide 22 in operative position with its bifurcation registering with the slot 12 of the disk 10.

It will be understood that to detach a button with the form of invention shown in Figs. 1 to 4, such button having a'shank of normal length, the slide 22 is moved into the position shown in Fig. 1, the shank of the button is moved up into the slot 12 through the opening 17, and by means of the handles 11 and 16 the disks 10 and 15 are relatively rotated whereby the shear blade 20 moves past the edges of the slot walls 12 and severs the cord or wire by which the button was attached to the shoe or other article.

If the length of the shank of the button is greater than the "normah the slide 22 is moved into the position shown in Fig. 2, and the disks are then relatively rotated to sever the connection between the button and the shoe.

In Figs. 5 to 7, showing a slightly modified form of the invention, the disks and their appurtenant parts are denoted by like reference characters as in the main form of the invention. In the modified form, I provide upon one of the disks a casing or housing 29 having a pivoted door or gate 30 arranged above the slot 12 in the disk 10. rThe housing 29 may be attached to the disk 10 in any suitable manner, as for example by means of the screws 81 passing through the lower edge of the housing Vwall into the periphery of the disk 10. rIhe door 30 is provided with a projecting linger or operating piece 32, and is so hung on its pintle 33 that the door swings inwardly. A. portion of the lower edge of the housing 29 is cut away as at 3i to permit the handle 25at of the slide or lever 22El being moved in the arc of a circle. In this modified form of the invention it will be noted that theslide 22l is practically a straight bar with the bifurcation 23ZL at its forward end, and in this modified form I dispense with forming a spur 26 on the slide, and providing notches 27 and 28 in the face of the disk 10, because the varcuate travel of the slide 22a is limited by the ends of the cut away portion 311 at the lower edge of the housing 29. In Fig. 5 the slide 22 is shown in its operative position with `the bifurcated portion 25%L in register with the slot 12 in the disk 10. To place the slide 222L out of operative position the handle 25L is moved toward the left the entire limit of motion allowed it by the upper end wall of the slot 34C. The operation of removing buttonsby the modiied 'form of Figs.` 5 to 7 is the same as that described in connection with the main form of the invention. In this modified form, thebuttons Awhich are removed accumulate in the housing 29, and when it is desired to empty the latter the door 30 is moved about its pintle, and the implement canted so that the vbuttons fall out through the door opening. What I claim is,:

1. An implement forl the purpose specifield, comprising relatively movable cutting Y members having registering openings therein, and means adapted to Abe moved into and out of register with said openings to modify the transverse thickness of said cutting-members.

2. In an implement of the character described, the combination of a pair of superposed relatively movable disks having openings therein, cutting means'at said openings, and means adapted to be moved into and out of register with said openings to modify the transverse thickness ofthe disks at the openings therein.

3. In an implement of the character dcscribed, the combination of a pair of rela-A tively movable cutting disks having openings therein to receive the article to be out, and a slide having a bifurcated portion adapted to be moved into and out of register with the opening in one of said disks.

t. In an implement of the character described, the combination of superposed rela tively movable cutting members having registering openings therein, means adapted to move vinto and out of register with said openings to modify the transverse thickness of said cutting members, and means carried by said implement for receiving the articles severed thereby. Y

5. In an implement of the character described, the combinationof a pair of superposed relatively movable cutting members having registering slots therein, means adapted to be moved into and out of register with said slots to `modify the transverse New York and State of N ew York, this thickness of said cutting members, a housing 12th day of September, A. D. 1916. carried by said cutting members with an opening in proximity to Jche slot in one of STANISLAW KLEIN 5 seid cutting members, and means for 010s- Witnesses:

ing the opening in said housing. PAUL H. FRANKE,

Signed at New York city, in the county of R. B. RICHARDSON.

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